Century VII. 



TT hath been obfcrved,by fome of the Ami'em, that S kins, (efpecially of 

 Rams newly pulled off, andapplyed to the Wounds of Stripe s , doe keep 

 them from Swelling , and Exulcerating ; And likewife Heal them , and 

 Clofe them up ; And that the whites of Eggs doe the fame. The Caufe is, 

 a Temperate Conglutination ; For both Bodies are Clammy, andVifcous, 

 and do bridle the Vefluxeoi Humors to the Huns , without Penning them 

 in too much. 



YOumay turn (almoft) all Flejh into a FdWji 5 ubftance , if you takeF/^, 

 and cut it into Pieces, and put the Pieces into a Glajje covered with 

 Parchment^ Andfo let the Glajje ft and fiK or feven Hours in Boy ling water. 

 It may be an Experiment of Profit, for making of Fat or Greafe, for many 

 ufes, But then it muft be of fuch Flefljas is not Edible As Horfes, Dogs, 

 Bears,Foxes,Badgers,&c . 



TT is reported by one of the Ancients , that New wine, put intoVefjels well 

 flopped, and the Vejjels let down into the Sea,wi\\ accelerate very much, 

 The making of them Ripe, and Potable. The fame would be tried in wort. 



BEafls are more Hairy than Men ; And Savage Men more than Cz'w'/; 

 And the Plumage of Birds exceedeth the Pilofitie of Beafts. The Caufe of 

 the Smoothnefs in Mentis not any Abundance of Heated Moijlure,though 

 that indeed caufeth Pilofitie-, But there is requifite to Pilofitie, notfo 

 much Heat and Moifture, as Excrementitiom Heat and Moisture: Forwhat- 

 foever affimilateth goeth not into the And Excrementitiom Moi- 



j&r? aboundeth moft in SfvzfZs', and Men that are more Savage* Much the 

 fame Realon is there of thePlumage of Birds ; For Birds affimilate lefTe,and 

 excern more than Beafts , for their Excrements are ever liquid , and their 

 F/^,(generally more drier Befide,they have not Inftruments for Urine, And 

 foall the Excrementitiom Moifture goeth intothe Feathers-. And therefore 

 it is no Marvel, though Birds be commonly better Meat than Beafts. becaaCe 

 their Flefh doth affimilate more finely , and fe-cerneth more fubtilly. A-* 

 gain, the Headoi Man hath Hair upon the fir ft Birth , which no other Pan 

 of the Body hath. The Caufe may be Want of Perfpiration : For Much of the 

 Matter of Haire , in the other Parts of the Body , goeth forth by Infenfible 

 Perfpiration; And befides, the S£a// being of a morefolid Subftancc, nou- 

 rifheth and affimilateth lefTe,and ex-cerneth more : And fo likewife dotk 

 theChin-, We fee alfo that tf/uVcommeth not upon the Palmes of the Hands, 

 nor Soak of the Feet; Which are Parts more Perfpirable. And Children like- 

 wife are not Hairy,{ot that their Skins are more Perfpirable. 



~QIrds are of Swifter Motion then Beafts : For the Flight of many Birds is 

 Swifter, than the of any ftu/fr. The Caufe is , for that the Spirits in 

 Birds^re in greater Proportion, in comparifon of the Bulk of their Body, 

 than in Beafts For as for the Rcafon that fome give , that they are partly 

 Carried, whereas Beafts go, that is Nothing For by that Reafon Swim- 

 ming fhould be fwifter, than Running : And that Kind of Carriage alfo, is 

 not without Labour of the W ing, 



"pHe S ea is Clearer, when the North-wind bloweth, than when the South- 

 wind. The Caufe is, for that Sdt-Water hath a little Oilinefje in the Sur- 

 face thereof, As appeareth in very Hot Dayes : And again , for that the 



Southern 



Experiment 

 Solitary tou- 

 ching Healing 

 of j rounds. 



6 77 



Experiment 

 Solitray tou- 

 ching Fat dif- 

 jufed'm Flejb. 

 678 



experiment 

 Solitary tou- 

 ching Ripening 

 of Vrinli before 

 the Time. 



Experiment 

 Solicary tou- 

 ch : ng Fildfilie 

 and Plumage, 



(58o 



Experiment 

 Solitary -tou- 

 ching the 



Quickneffe of 

 Motion iu 

 Birds. 



<58l 



Experiment 

 Solitary tou- 

 ching the dif- 

 ferent [lear- 

 nef f of the Sea. 

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